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Selected languages: | Western desert |
UPSID number: | 8360 |
Alternate name(s): | N/A |
Classification: | Australian, Pama-Nyungan |
The languages has | 20 segments |
Frequency index: | N/A |
Sounds: | [p] [t] [t̠] [ʈ] [k] [ɾ] [l] [l̠] [ɭ] [w] [ɻ] [j] [m] [n] [n̠] [ɳ] [ŋ] [i] [u] [ä] |
Comments: | Palato-alveolars ("alveo-dentals") vary |
Sources: | Douglas, W.H. 1955. Phonology of the Australian aboriginal Douglas, W.H. 1964. An Introduction to the Western Desert |